They gave me a different story. Said they can't cancel orders unless it's within 15 minutes of the order being placed. They placed for me a 2nd order for a Stream using the promo and the promise they'll credit the 49.99 + shipping when I call back after receiving the shipment.

I wished they would've done that for me also, I hate getting pushed to the back of the order queue.

People that didn't order the chrome cast in the first few hours ended up having to wait extra days/weeks.

I will be really upset if mine doesn't to my house in the next few days.

I could have saved $10 and got the unit tomorrow via amazon, but a stream device for 10$ and a slight delay is worth it.

It also appears that the code works if you only put a Roamio basic in your cart, it took $50 of its price. I would get it but not enough disk space for me and don't know yet how hard it will be to upgrade it.

Sweet, just tried it, and the code reduces the base Roamio to $149.99 and the Stream to $49.99. I hope it still works in a few weeks when I can actually make the purchase with the $399.99 lifetime service.

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Well, just found the bottom of the Tivogrouper page shows expiration of the offer is December 31st.

Like many of these promotional deals - the intent is to get the word out about both the TiVo Roamio AND the Grouper group date service. They probably have a set amount of $$ set aside to market in this way, and it would not surprise me if the supplies (or money) run out well before December 31st.

It also appears that the code works if you only put a Roamio basic in your cart, it took $50 of its price. I would get it but not enough disk space for me and don't know yet how hard it will be to upgrade it.

THANK YOU so much! After tax and shipping (VA), it came out to 63 for me. Fantastic deal on the tivo stream. I've been wanting one since it came out. Even more excited that it seems soon I can replace my slingbox with it for out-of-home streaming.

It seems the coupon is stuck to my account. I added it yesterday just to see the total, with no intention of actually buying. Today I went back to check something else and as soon as I logged into my account the coupon was restored.

It seems the coupon is stuck to my account. I added it yesterday just to see the total, with no intention of actually buying. Today I went back to check something else and as soon as I logged into my account the coupon was restored.

So I wonder if the coupons all got used up by looki loos like me?

Yea. I put the Roamio and Stream in my Shopping Cart and applied the coupon code. It still shows as active in my Cart. I hope it's still there when I make the purchase in a couple weeks.

damn, that sucks...i was prepared to buy the base model today with that coupon code....now since it's not working i don't think i will.....also i did have it in my cart and its not in my cart anymore (i did log out and back in tho)

Yea, my cart has been emptied now too. Damn, just because I didn't have the $600+ right now... I just needed a couple of weeks...

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Originally Posted by gothaggis

damn, that sucks...i was prepared to buy the base model today with that coupon code....now since it's not working i don't think i will.....also i did have it in my cart and its not in my cart anymore (i did log out and back in tho)

Either they ran out of uses or because people were abusing it. The way the coupon worked is it knocked $50 off the price of the TiVo and then cut the price of the Stream to $50. But you could remove either item from your cart and still get the discount on the other. So you could get a Roamio for $150 or get a Stream for $50. Neither was the intended purpose of the coupon. So it may have been pulled because people were exploiting it.

Either they ran out of uses or because people were abusing it. The way the coupon worked is it knocked $50 off the price of the TiVo and then cut the price of the Stream to $50. But you could remove either item from your cart and still get the discount on the other. So you could get a Roamio for $150 or get a Stream for $50. Neither was the intended purpose of the coupon. So it may have been pulled because people were exploiting it.

It has worked that way in the past with Tivo's bundles. But rarely does it result in 60%+ off list price for an item like it did with the Stream on this deal!

I called tivo to ask if they could cut me a deal on a basic roamio w/ lifetime. - no dice. I asked if they could throw me a mini or stream. I mentioned there grouper coupon. They said it was a leak. The women i was speaking with said ro look out for promo sales around holiday season. Gues ill sell my xl4 now and be without tv for a while. At least ill be able to get new customer Comcast tv rates. Kicking myself for missong free stream offer. I have 4 tivos with lifetime on my account.